How I recentre after an emotional flat tyre

And what my new glasses have to do with it I get rather frequent emotional flat tyres. That’s how I like to describe those times (more frequent than I’d like) when my mood drops and I feel rather slower than usual, and find myself struggling with less savoury thoughts about myself and the world. (Yeah, being …

The RISE Manifesto: a call to think differently about health problems

What if there’s a better way to think about health problems than simply chasing cures? I believe there is: I call it the RISE Way. The RISE Way: because there’s more to brief illnesses and persistent conditions than just time. This is a manifesto about health problems. Or more specifically, about the problem with how we …

Chester Bennington taught me to scream

A tribute to the man who gave me a soundtrack for a difficult time. When I heard, yesterday, of Chester Bennington’s passing, I felt a hollowness within. Linkin Park’s music (especially their debut Hybrid Theory album) helped define a major inflection point in my life and growth. I’ve struggled with existential questions since childhood, and …

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